INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL SOCIOLOGY

SOC 375

Course Description

Explores mathematical models of social structure, focusing especially on social network analysis and related methods. Makes extensive use of matrix algebra and mathematical software.

Prerequisties

C&ESOC/SOC 360 , PSYCH 210 , STAT 301 , ECON 310 , MATH/STAT 310 , or GEOG 360

Satisfies

SOC 376

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